Improvement in curtain-tassel clasps



.3. M. HOEMISTON. CUMMN mm1. CLASP.

No. 81,171. l Patented Aug.15, 1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIOE.

JOSEPH M. HOMISTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-TASSEL CLASPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1S M171, dated August15, 1876; application led l June 26, 1876.

and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Window- Ourtain-Tassel Olasp and Shade-Pull; and I do hereby declarethat the following is ay full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspectcation.

My-invention relates to that class of devices known asWindow-curtain-tassel clasps and shade-pulls, which are secured to theconcealed lower strip, and from which depends or hangs the tassel, bywhich the shade is unwound or drawn down.

My invention has for its object .to provide a metallic clasp, which maybe readily secured by points to the wood strip, and so constructed thatall liability of splitting is avoided, and the strip firmly securedbetween the opposite sides of the clasp; and with these objects in viewmy invention consists of a metallic clasp adapted to lie against andpenetrate both sides of the strips at different altitudes, so that theentrance ot the penetrating-points will not induce the splitting ofthewood strip, and adapted, further, to receive and suspend the tassel-ring, as will be vhereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable those skilledv to more fully understanp the same, l willdescribe the `construction and advantages of my improved clasp,referring by letters to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l isa top view of my clasp as it appears when punched out from sheet-brassor other suitable metal Fig. 2, a side or edge view of the same bentinto shape ready to be applied to the strip, and Fig. 3 a front or planview, showing the same attached to a shade and suspending the tassel.

Similar letters indicate like parts in the several views.

A and B are the two embracing ends, thev former provided with twopoints, a c, and the latter with three points, b b b, the center one ofwhich is longer than the other two, as clearly shown at Fig. l. Thesetwo enlarged ends A and B are connected by a narrow portion, O, uponwhich the tasselring D hangs when' the clasp is bent into shape. Thepoints a a b b b are bent on the dotted lines shown in Fig. l, at aboutright angles to the ends or sides A B, which are likewise bent on thedotted lines l l, and the connecting narrow strip is bent to form aloop, as represented at Fig. 2, from which it will be seen that thepoints a a and b b b lie in different pianes, or straddle each other, sothat liability of splitting the Wooden strip is avoided, and the claspsecure ly fastened or secured in place without liability of accidentaldisengagement from Athe strip, or of tearing the shade material. Theoutsidesurface of the portions A and B may be ornamented with anydesired design, to give a neat or artistic appearance to the same,.andthe clasp may be made of any suitable metal, and nickel-plated orotherwise washed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a curtaintassel clasp or' shadepull,made of a single piece, having embracing sides adapted to contine thewooden strip, and provided with securing-points at different altitudes,and with a ring-support, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

Witness my hand this 10th day of June, A.

JOSEPH M. HOMISTON. Witnesses:

GEORGE HUDSON, VIHos. HUDSON.

